Machia Wilderness Camp Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
710987194
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Milton, VT, USA
Rating
44
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$71,785
Expenses
$36,620
Assets
$321,766
Liabilities
$157,307

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Marylin Machia (Executive Director)
  • Denis O'Brien (Board of Directors President)
  • Rose Ann Lombard (Board of Directors Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Marylin Machia (Executive Director)
  • Denis O'Brien (Board of Directors President)
  • Rose Ann Lombard (Board of Directors Vice President)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Machia Camp provides wilderness adventures for youth ages 11-18. This unique program fosters appreciation and respect for nature each other and themselves. Through the course of the week long day camp participants explore conservation and life skills through interactive classroom activities and extensive hands-on outdoor learning. Campers leave with confidence leadership skills practical knowledge and an appreciation for the connection between people and nature.

What it reported doing in 2025

We conducted two day camps of 5 1 2 and 5 days for one week. The first week is hunter safety oriented primarily based on Vermont Fish & Wildlife education programs of our certified instructors. During this first week campers become certified in Hunter Education Bow & Arrow Lets Go Fishing and are introduced to trapping. They engage in activities of tree stand safety compass orientation making chille on open coals extensive safe firearm handling During the second week campers focus on outdoor wilderness topics including survival shelter building native American culture first aid other advanced topics. while each week is a separate program 32 campers participated. Total receipts was 5,945 with direct expenses of 1865.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 4
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 3.2%; rating input score 3
  • Program expense ratio: 6.4%; rating input score 6

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 49%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.79; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.49; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.8% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 3.2% of revenue deployed · 6.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 3/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.